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Never know now. No need to actually use Buxton's speed, I guess.

that was an inside the park. New third base coach! This is way too conservative.

Holding Buxton? Buxton can't score from second with a jump and speed, but Grossman can? No harm as it turns out, but I don't get it. The Angels would have scored 2 on Sano's hit. It wasn't hit too hard for Buxton to score!

Castro seemed to "stutter" on the throw to second, and not just throw it right out. I bet he even had second thoughts about throwing it, in the second it happened. That little extra time took away the time Dozier needed to get the ball back to him in time. Hey, my hat's off to the Angels for executing this play perfectly. The most embarrassing part, is that Maybin didn't even have to slide, and came in standing up. Dozier's return throw was a perfect placement it there had been a slide (but still might have been to late). The Angels are a running team, and that won them this game.

Maybe swimming should go back to having humans guess at who touches the wall first too, or tennis not use the tools to get the linr call right on out or in, or horse racing at the finish. Not using better tools as they become available is the harm done to the game. We have better tools now, and it is not humanly possible to do anything but guess. There is not a game that happens that isn't affected by the incorrect calls. But Sano should have walked, that was the point. It is a crime against the game to not reward the pitcher or the batter when they are right, and the umpire is wrong, and have a true, consistent strike zone. But this is all another topic, so that is all I will have here, and not be hijacking the thread. I see Mauer was ailing from back problems, and unavailable.

This was the 7th time the Angels have pulled this off this year! Management should have been ready for this. The throw goes back to the pitcher, and you get the runner at home after he breaks, and you let the guy take second! That is a risk in itself, considering that Santana threw the ball into center field his last start on an easy double play grounder..... The Angels lead the Majors in SB and are quite good at the double steal. The Twins should have been ready for this. Santana is responsible for the homer, though. The ump called a strike one on ball four on one of those Sano strikeouts. Everyday I hate it more and more that we don't use the tools available and call balls and strikes correctly, instead of letting pompous umpires guess. It was a good game, that could have used more Twins' hits. I would have Mauer (Norris is right handed) hit for Castro. I hated seeing Dozier swing at that last pitch so far outside.

Meyer sent down to AAA on Tuesday.........

Mejia is listed, on the roster, as 6'3" / 195..... and Pressly as 6'3" / 210. If Mejia is 195, I am 165 again. That is one plump 195 at 6'3".

It's the FAIR POLE!!!!

Butera is probably thinking.... "I could have done that......" Patience, eh? I am so tired of being patient. May we all live long enough to see the 3rd World Series Banner. The hat trick. I wonder how many on this site actually saw (and remembered seeing/old enough) the other two. And how many saw the series in 1965. Damn Sandy Koufax. 0.38 ERA for 3 games. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN196510140.shtml

Halfway... and 3 games out of first in the division, and 5 games out of the cellar. Not very comforting, but a ton better than last year. But never seeming to change.... the pitching still sucks and got little attention.

Hughes looked like he was contemplating his retirement on the bench after he was pulled. I don't blame him. I have a hard time not pulling for Alex Meyer, even against the Twins. But hey... we have Santiago (and not that I miss him, but Nolasco just pitched a complete game shutout last night against the Mariners, who bombed our pitching). I fear this will be a long second half of the season. There sure are a lot of .250-ish hitters on this team. I wish Buxton could hit MLB pitching.

What happened? Didn't anyone tell the rest of the team it was Gibson pitching? That is when they score 10 runs!

Or another Buxton. Didn't he hit .360 in AAA ball?

Or at least, Ben Revere.

Can't wait. It will be just like adding Cody Bellinger.

I don't know what long term good could come of this. The older I get, the less I like the all-star game. The fans that get to vote endlessly, no consideration of the second half of last season..... such a gimmick.

Even though there are a ton of factors that result is stolen bases.... i was interested in how the team average speed is correlating to the stolen bases / caught stealing so far this year. Interesting that the Angels, one of the slowest average speed teams, leads the MLB in stolen bases, and by a good margin. 1. Padres (27.77 mph) 43/18 11th tie 2. Marlins (27.76 mph) 43/10 11th tie 3. Rays (27.58 mph) 44/20 9th tie 4. Twins (27.55 mph) 42/15 13th tie 5. Royals (27.41 mph) 35/8 19th tie 6. Pirates (27.35 mph) 35/24 19th tie 7. Diamondbacks (27.24 mph) 60/19 5th 8. Yankees (27.23 mph) 46/14 8th 9. Reds (27.21 mph) 64/17 4th 10. Rockies (27.15 mph) 27/22 25th 11. Rangers (27.14 mph) 67/25 2nd tie 12. Cubs (27.13 mph) 23/11 28th 12. Nationals (27.13 mph) 59/17 6th 14. Giants (27.05 mph) 42/16 13th tie 15. Phillies (27.03 mph) 30/17 22nd 15. Red Sox (27.03 mph) 44/17 9th tie 17. Dodgers (27.01 mph) 42/13 13th tie 17. Mariners (27.01 mph) 50/18 7th 19. Indians (26.98 mph) 37/14 17th tie 19. White Sox (26.98 mph) 28/20 24th 21. Astros (26.94 mph) 37/19 17th tie 21. Brewers (26.94 mph) 67/21 2nd tie 23. Cardinals (26.9 mph) 40/17 16th 24. Braves (26.86 mph) 31/15 21st 25. Tigers (26.78 mph) 26/20 26th 26. Athletics (26.71 mph) 24/12 27th 27. Angels (26.7 mph) 74/23 1st 28. Mets (26.67 mph) 22/6 29th 29. Orioles (26.48 mph) 16/5 30th 30. Blue Jays (26.12 mph) 29/11 23rd Average = 27.06 mph too lazy / to do the math

I wish that speed would turn into a lot more stolen bases.

Personally, when any MLB team is leading its division in late June, I can't consider them a non-contending team.

No relief. Berrios gives up two, and Molitor and no relief gives up the other two. I really hate seeing Belisle coming into a game. Molitor just keeps marching him out there. Our defensive catchers sure seem to come up with unfortunate passed balls, and wild pitches that they don't catch that sure look catchable. 13 Ks by Boston pitching, and strike out the side all swinging in the 8th. That is a bullpen.

It is not unusual that the one allowed the most save opportunities.... is the one that ends up with the most saves.

Stat me all you want. Pedro even said so himself, and he was talking about the post season. After all, it is the postseason that defines the greatness. I don't need career stats to remember what happened, and neither does he, although it is interesting and welcome info.

The Yankees were Nathan's - and Pedro's - "daddy", for sure. Jepsen was fine, too? Well he was for a while.... just long enough to get fans to accept the good fortune, and write all off season about how good he was. He was until he wasn't. I don't get that feeling about Kintzler, and my spidey sense says that the hard reality and fall is coming real soon now. I hope you are right and I am wrong, because I also don't see a move made to get better in the future.

Who the hell is Melville? Good to see Hughes is not picky. He gives up dingers to AAA players, too. I always think of little league when a professional baseball team only play 7 innings.